Man sentenced 28 years to life in prison for shooting at Fresno Police officers

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- 41-year-old Bradley Nicholson was sentenced to 28 years to beingness down bars connected Thursday day wrong a Fresno County Courtroom.

"Probation is denied, and arsenic to number 1, the suspect is committed to the custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation," said a Fresno County Judge.

It was a stipulated statement wherever Nicholson pleaded nary contest.

His charges are attempted execution of a constabulary serviceman and battle connected a bid serviceman aft firing his limb astatine 2 Fresno Police officers connected December 7, 2025.

Officers accidental they approached Nicholson successful an alley adjacent West and Clinton Avenues due to the fact that helium was acting suspicious.

That enactment escalated rapidly and was captured connected assemblage camera footage released successful February of this year.

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In the video, you perceive Nicholson accidental "let maine go" aggregate times to officers during a conflict earlier firing his weapon astatine police.

The officers fired backmost earlier Nicholson barricaded himself successful a adjacent carport and yet surrendered aft suffering a slug graze coiled to his cheek.

The officers were not hurt, but 1 of the bullets went done the apical of an officer's shot cap.

"This is evidently a precise superior case. The officers were conscionable going astir their enactment and doing their occupation similar immoderate different idiosyncratic trying to implicit their job. That day, the Officer virtually came wrong inches of losing his life," said Prosecutor James Butkus.

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